GEVT2RDF (Oct94) ftools.rosat GEVT2RDF (Oct94)
NAME
gevt2rdf -- Converts a German _events dataset to RDF _bas format.
USAGE
gevt2rdf evtfile revtfile outfile
DESCRIPTION
This task takes as input a German events file and (optionally) a
German difevents file and writes a file which obeys the RDF format
for keywords, etc. This should allow use of most ftools on old
German data. The resulting _bas style file will only contain the
first three extensions of an actual RDF _bas file (two extensions
if a difevents file is not given).
WARNINGS ON USAGE
Please report any comments/problems or bugs to Lawrence E. Brown
(http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ftoolshelp).
PARAMETERS
evtfile [character string]
The German _events file containing the Standard Accepted
Events. (Extension numbers will be ignored)
revtfile [character string]
The rejected events file name (i.e. the _difevents file).
Specifying a '-' will look for a file of the form
*_difevents.* where the *'s indicate the corresponding parts of
the evtfile parameter (construed as *_events.*). If reject is
set to false (see below) this parameter will not be used (but
must be present on the command line for the current parameter
interface to remain happy).
outfile [character string]
The output file name. Specifying a '-' will create a file named
*_bas.fits where * indicates the corresponding part of the
events file name. A ! as the first character will force
overwriting an existing output file. A '!-' does just what
you'd expect.
(reject = yes) [logical]
If true, the program will include a Rejected Events extension
created from the file specified in the revtfile parameter.
(irafprefix = '-') [character string]
The PROS names imbedded in the keywords of the output file
(*.qp, *_stdgti.tab, and *_rejevt.tab). A '-' will instruct
the program to construct something appropriate from the events
file name.
(chatter = 10) [integer]
Flag to indicate how chatty the task is at execution. A value
of 10 is the default, with lower/higher values producing
quieter/verbose output respectively.
(clobber = no) [logical]
Overwrite existing output file by default if true.
EXAMPLES
To make an RDF type file wp141923n00_bas.fits from the files
wp141923n00_events.tfits and wp141923n00_difevents.tfits:
>gevt2rdf wp141923n00_events.tfits - -
To make an RDF type file test.fits from the input file
test_events.fits with no Rejected Events extension:
>gevt2rdf test_events.fits - test.fits reject=no
KNOWN BUGS
None
LOG OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
v2.1.0 (1996 July) Banashree Mitra Seifert
Fixed errors regarding reading the filename for rejected
data etc.
v2.0.0 (1994 October)
First FTOOLS version. Made it work for HRI files. Fixed
REVISION keyword bug. Optimized table copying.
v1.0.0
Non-ftools, pre-release version (called evt2us).
PRIMARY AUTHOR
Lawrence E. Brown
Hughes STX for
NASA/GFSC
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ftoolshelp
(301) 286-4996
Pre-release version authors: P. Tyler and N. White., GSFC.